Tinubu approves appointment of Adekaiyaoja as first female deputy DG of DSS
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Folashade Arinola Adekaiyaoja as the deputy director general for the Department of State Service (DSS).
The approval, the first of its kind by any president, seeks to revise the agency’s structure for better efficiency, in line with the original onanogram of the Service.
The appointment has received commendations from many serving and retired DSS officers, who see the move as primarily aimed at restoring professionalism to the Service.
It would be noted that the DSS is structured to comprise three deputy directors-general in its hierarchy.
The appointment and ratification by the president, according to elated operatives of the agency, was based on the recommendation of the DG through the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
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They stated that it was in line with its extant regulations and unprecedented in the history of the Secret Service.
The appointment of Adekaiyaoja, a native of Kogi State, it was gathered, was being celebrated by a cross-section of officers and operatives who see her as eminently qualified for the position.
It was further gathered that President Tinubu had, in line with his promise to improve the security of life and property of Nigerians, tasked the heads of security agencies to develop proposals to improve their service delivery.
President Tinubu had at the investiture ceremony of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) Executive Intelligence Management Course 17 graduates last December, promised to support the DSS and other security agencies with Artificial Intelligence- -powered state-of-the-art equipment to combat insecurity across the country.
The DSS director general, Mr Oluwastosin Ajayi, had, on assumption of office in late August 2024, promised sweeping reforms in the organisation, which he assured would transform the DSS into one of the most efficient covert security agencies in the world.
Source: LEADERSHIP
